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dodgy, a.|ˈdɒdʒɪ|
[f. dodge n.1 + -y1.]
Full of or addicted to dodges; evasive, tricky, artful. Also (colloq.) of things: difficult, awkward, tricky. Hence ˈdodgily adv., ˈdodginess.
1861Wynter Soc. Bees 237 Beggars divide themselves in several classes:—the humourous, the poetical, the sentimental, the dodgey, and the sneaking. 1870Furnivall in Bk. Curtasye 698 in Babees Bk. marg., A towel folded dodgily. 1871Daily News 22 Sept., ‘Dan Lysons’ and his dodginess are on everybody's lips. 1896Ibid. 16 Oct. 6/3 The pious purpose perhaps justified the dodgy means. 1898G. B. Shaw Mrs. Warren's Prof. I, Take care of your fingers: theyre rather dodgy things, those chairs. 1916D. H. Lawrence Let. 13 Jan. (1948) 67 The roads are too dodgy to be grasped. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Aug. p. xii/2 Docketing and definition are dodgy businesses. 1960H. Pinter Room 108 It'd be a bit dodgy driving tonight.
▸ Brit. colloq. Of poor quality, unreliable; questionable, dubious.
1961Times 12 Dec. 6/4 Mr. Sofer added that the defence to the action was that Mr. Overall was guilty of contributory negligence in driving the car when he knew it was ‘dodgy’. 1966N. Coward Diary 22 May (2000) 630 She is very effective and improving, but her English is a bit dodgy and her acting a little too gesticulative. 1987Bicycle Action Aug. 39/3 If the water is dodgy you can take sterilizing tablets but they take time to work and they don't kill everything. 2004Independent (Tabloid ed.) 3 Feb. 48/2 The dossier had been compiled in a strange way and contained many dodgy allegations. |